Animals Project
We are an urban demonstration farm providing the opportunity for the community to interact with livestock, and an educational opportunity to learn about basic farm animal husbandry.
We have flocks of chickens, ducks, and goats.
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I want to participate
Our animals are cared for and fed by members of the community like you. We have feeding shifts, volunteer vet-techs, work days, and we welcome you to contribute your capacity, skills, and desire to learn.
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I want to buy eggs
Chickeen eggs are $8 a dozen for the general public and $6 a dozen for APC Members.
Duck eggs are $6 for half a dozen.
Makerfarm gates will be open for sure Mondays 4-6PM, Sundays 9-11AM, or on the third Sunday of the month 12-2PM.
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I want to bring food for the animals
We’d love to have discarded vegetables (except onions, garlic or peppers), purchased organic chicken scratch, or seedless orchard hay.
Donate to the care of Makerfarm Animals
We do not accept drop-off donations of animals. If you have an animal that you no longer can care for, or would like to turn-over to the Makerfarm, please get in touch.
The Alameda Maker Farm was the long time home of our original rescued chicken Buffy. In March 2020 we increased our flock by adopting another chicken operation which needed rehoming. We inherited roughly 20 hens and one rooster. With a big push from renters as well as volunteers we built an enclosed protected chicken coop for the young chicks that we had started raising out of one of the containers. We hatched multiple rounds of chicks from our own fertile eggs and raised some of them at the maker farm as well as sold some to friends and visitors who aspired to have their own flock. This fall we had two of our hens lay on and hatch their own clutch of eggs. One hatched eight chicks and the other hatched six.
The Alameda Maker farm has re-homed roughly 40 chickens and ducks since March 2020 and has functioned as a sanctuary for the area. Our chickens and ducks are well fed with a healthy diet. A lot of their food comes from the large amounts of food scraps produced by "The foodz project". We also feed them spent grain from a local brewery and supplement with organic layer's grain and garden scraps. We are currently getting about 4 dozen eggs a week which we share with our neighbors and tenants. Donations to the poultry program offset the cost of the purchased grain.
Contact the Animals Project
